Description:Britain celebrates the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen's reign began in 1952. She was 27-years-old when her father died and the Crown passed to her, with the coronation taking place a year later at Westminster Abbey. Hers was the 38th coronation to take place at the Abbey, a tradition launched in 1066 by William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England. Sixty years ago the weather was cold, grey and wet.(1:34)